Global Geopolitical Flashpoints: An Atlas of Conflict

by Ewan W. Anderson

Overview

This resource describes more than 120 major flashpoints--current and potential conflicts from around the world. The work analyzes each situation, its issues, and present status, and includes specially commissioned maps and extensive bibliographies to aid understanding. Also includes 125 maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135941017
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/27/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	414
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Ewan W. Anderson

Table of Contents

1: Abu Musa and the Tunbs Islands; 2: The Aegean Sea; 3: Afghanistan; 4: Albania; 5: Algeria; 6: Angola; 7: Azerbaijan; 8: Bab El Mandeb; 9: The Baltic Republics; 10: The Barents Sea; 11: The Basque Country; 12: The Beagle Channel; 13: Belarus; 14: The Benguela and Tanzam Railways; 15: Bessarabia; 16: The Black Sea; 17: Bolivia; 18: Bosnia; 19: Burkina Faso; 20: Burundi; 21: Cabinda; 22: Cambodia; 23: Cameroon; 24: The Caprivi Strip; 25: The Caspian Sea; 26: Ceuta; 27: The Chagos Archipelago (Diego Garcia); 28: Colombia; 29: Democratic Republic of the Congo; 30: Croatia; 31: Cuba; 32: The Curzon Line; 33: Cyprus; 34: East Timor; 35: Ecuador; 36: Epirus; 37: Eritrea; 38: Ethiopia; 39: The Falkland Islands (Malvinas); 40: Georgia; 41: Gibraltar; 42: Golan Heights; 43: Guatemala; 44: Guyana; 45: Hatay; 46: The Hawar Islands; 47: The Strait of Hormuz; 48: India; 49: Indonesia; 50: Iran; 51: Iraq; 52: Jan Mayen Island; 53: Kaliningrad; 54: Karelia; 55: Kashmir; 56: Kazakstan; 57: Kenya; 58: The Kola Peninsula; 59: Democratic People's Republic of Korea; 60: Kosovo; 61: Kurdistan; 62: The Kurile Islands; 63: Kyrgyzstan; 64: Laos; 65: Lesotho; 66: The Liancourt Rocks; 67: Liberia; 68: Macedonia; 69: The Mcmahon Line; 70: The Magellan Strait; 71: The Malacca Strait; 72: Mali; 73: Mayotte Island; 74: Moldova; 75: Morocco; 76: Mururoa Atoll; 77: Myanmar (Burma); 78: Nagorno-Karabakh; 79: Navassa Island; 80: Nigeria; 81: Northern Ireland; 82: Lake Nyasa (Malawi); 83: The Ogaden; 84: Pakistan; 85: Palestine; 86: The Panama Canal; 87: The Paracel Islands; 88: Peru; 89: The Rann of Kutch; 90: Rock all and St Kilda; 91: Russia; 92: Russia: Chechnya; 93: Russia: Dagestan; 94: Rwanda; 95: The Senkaku and Ryukyu Islands; 96: The Shatt al Arab; 97: Sierra Leone; 98: The Sino-Russian/Soviet Union Boundary; 99: Somalia; 100: South Lebanon; 101: Spitzbergen (Svalbard); 102: The Spratly Islands; 103: Sudan; 104: The Suez Canal; 105: Suriname; 106: Tacna; 107: Taiwan; 108: Tajikistan; 109: The Strait of Tiran; 110: The Gulf of Tongkiimg; 111: Transylvania; 112: Tromelin Island; 113: Turkey; 114: Turkmenistan; 115: Ukraine; 116: Uzbekistan; 117: The Wakhan Panhandle; 118: Warbah and Bubiyan Islands; 119: Western Sahara; 120: Yemen; 121: Yugoslavia; 122: Zambia; 123: Zimbabwe

Editorial Reviews

The 1990s brought a fundamental global political change in which increasing volatility has been met with increasing acceptance of intervention in the internal affairs of states by bodies such as the UN and NATO<-->for example in Iraq, Kosovo, and East Timor. This atlas discusses current and potential flashpoints, defined as areas of geopolitical instability that are likely to exert an influence well beyond their point of origin. Instability may result from any combination of military, political, economic, social, or environmental factors. Each entry (beginning with Abu Masa, an island in the Persian Gulf, and continuing alphabetically to Zimbabwe) summarizes the situation, defines the issues involved, discusses the current status, and provides a bibliography and a b&w map. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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"This title is suitable for the reference collections of all public and academic libraries." — American Reference Books Annual

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